Android’s next flagship processor will be the ‘Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5’

Qualcomm has explained wherefore this isn’t the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2.

Qualcomm has announced that its upcoming flagship mobile chipset is the “Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5,” a confusingly named successor to the Snapdragon 8 Elite. While the processor itself volition beryllium unveiled during the Snapdragon Summit connected September 23rd-25th, Qualcomm has already published an mentation for the branding update.

“It mightiness look similar we skipped generations, but the information is simpler— and much powerful. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 marks the 5th procreation of our premium 8-series platforms since we introduced our caller single-digit naming and ocular identity, ” Qualcomm said successful a blog post. “So, portion the naming whitethorn look new, it’s really a continuation of our established framework.”

This determination aims to marque the generational Snapdragon mobile spot lineup easier for consumers to understand. After releasing the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, Gen 2, and Gen 3, Qualcomm broke its naming conventions with past year’s Snapdragon 8 Elite, which is technically the 4th procreation of the Snapdragon 8-series. Reintroducing procreation numbers volition assistance to marque it clearer that these products each beryllium wrong the aforesaid household and merchandise timeline, portion (perhaps not coincidentally) avoiding the fig 4 — which is considered to beryllium unlucky successful Chinese culture.

To Qualcomm’s credit, this is little confusing than the numerical branding it antecedently utilized for its Snapdragon mobile chips, but it’s amusing that it inactive had to warrant the power to radical who were expecting this to beryllium called the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is poised to rival Apple’s caller A19 Pro chipset, and is expected to powerfulness the adjacent procreation of flagship Android phones, specified arsenic Samsung’s Galaxy S26 bid and the OnePlus 15.